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in reply to Re^5: Shouldn't references be readonly?
in thread Shouldn't LITERAL references be readonly? (updated)

you are aware that "constructor" isn't even mentioned in your definition? ;)

calling [$a] a "literal constructor" is not far fetched.

a non literal construction is in contrast to do { @a=($a); \@a } because it involves a variable.

This it meets the definitions in perlglossary ("no variable") and is also mirrored in JS terminology which has 100% the same semantic.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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Re^7: Shouldn't references be readonly?
by jcb (Parson) on Aug 05, 2020 at 22:18 UTC
    you are aware that "constructor" isn't even mentioned in your definition? ;)

    Yes, that is what I misremembered: perlref calls them "composers" but they act just like constructors. :-)

    Calling it a "constructor" is a hint that it does something at runtime, instead of being a literal embedded into the program text. That its return value is mutable should not be a surprise.